Wednesday 3 November 2010

Georgian luger died at Vancouver Olympics


Georgian luger has been awarded IOC Medal that was presented to his father, Georgian luger died at Vancouver Olympics.

Nodar Kumaritashvili, another Olympian has been died because he lost control of his sled at nearly 145 km/h, flew off the course, got dis-balanced and slammed into the steel pole

The Olympian committee and so many other big officials visited to attend the ceremony in Kumaritashvili's home town of Bakuriani.The president of Georgia's Olympic Committee,Gia Natsvlishvili and georgia's minister for sport and youth affairs,Lado Vardzelashvili, also took part in the ceremony at his grave.

Kumaritashvili's father said that Georgian authorities would build a new luge track in Bakuriani that would be named after the athlete

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